Dr. Alan S. Bader, DC — Chiropractic Physician

The short version

Three Decades, One Standard

Dr. Bader opened his Reno practice in November 1993 and has run it the same way since: a real examination before any care, findings explained in plain English, and plans the patient approves. The scope, in his own long-standing words: conservative management of neuromusculoskeletal injuries to the spine and extremities through manipulation of both the articular and soft tissues, multiple physiotherapy modalities and therapeutic exercise — with nutrition and lifestyle addressed when appropriate.

Education & training

• Palmer College of Chiropractic-West (Sunnyvale, CA) — Doctor of Chiropractic, 1992 — Clinical Excellence Award
• University of Nevada, Reno — Bachelor of Science, Premedical studies
• Advanced postgraduate training in chiropractic orthopedics — a three-year, 360-hour program in the diagnosis and conservative management of orthopedic disorders, including formal training in writing independent-medical-evaluation reports

Experience & service to the profession

• Private practice, Reno — November 1993 to present: more than three decades at one clinic
• Work & Injury Rehabilitation Center, Reno (1992–93) — spinal rehabilitation and work hardening for injured workers
• Nevada State Board of Chiropractic Examiners — test committee: assisted in administering licensure examinations for new chiropractic candidates, serving two consecutive two-year terms
• Nevada State Chiropractic Association — Past President
• Licensed: Nevada (License B-567 — verify at the Chiropractic Physicians’ Board of Nevada); California (inactive) · NPI 1649279365

What that résumé means for your visit

The orthopedics training means the examination is deeper than a formality — broader differential thinking, sharper testing, and reports written to the standard insurers and attorneys actually use (which is why auto and work-injury documentation from this office holds up). The board-examiner service means the doctor evaluating you spent years evaluating other chiropractors. And thirty years in one location means the incentives are simple: Reno is small, reputations are earned visit by visit, and this one was built on honest findings.

A Nevada compliance note we follow carefully: state regulation reserves words like “specialist” and “certified” for Board-registered credentials, so we describe Dr. Bader’s training factually — the hours, the programs, the service record — and let the substance speak.